adjective
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biology very finely toothed
denticulate leaves
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having denticles
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architect having dentils
Other Word Forms
- denticulately adverb
- multidenticulate adjective
- multidenticulated adjective
- subdenticulate adjective
- subdenticulated adjective
Etymology
Origin of denticulate
1655–65; < Latin denticulātus having small teeth, equivalent to denticul ( us ) denticle + -ātus -ate 1
Example Sentences
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P. acutely umb. fibrillosely scaly, brownish; g. broad, yellow with crimson spots, denticulate; s. fibrillose, yellowish, veil reddish. colymbadinus, Fr.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
Differs from C. variabilis in denticulate edge of gills and sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
Leaves.—Mostly sessile; lanceolate to oblong; two to six inches long; denticulate.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth
P. 2-4 cm. camp. obtuse, edge denticulate, reddish disc darker; g. adnate, whitish, edge the same; s. 4-5 cm. reddish, white pulverulent, containing dusky red juice. cruenta, Fr.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
Perianth cylindrical, scarcely or not at all compressed, pluriplicate, denticulate.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
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